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Anyone getting "Load Error" with x86 1.3.1 ISO install?

My system appears to meet all relevant compatibility (440BX-based, et. al.). The installation seems to go fine, and I let the install process automatically set up the partitions on my second IDE drive (e.g. first channel (#0), second drive (#1). However, after the install, and the subsequent reboot, I just get "Load Error" from the boot0 bootsector (launched via SystemCommander2000).

Later today I'll try a manual partitioning job, and install again and see what happens. I'm also going to compare the 1.3.1 boot0 source against a low-level dump of that drive's partition table to see if I can find any obvious flaws.

Two discrepancies already noticed:

1. The UFS partition is being created with a type of 'b8', whereas the existing documentation indicates the type should be 'a8'. Is this normal?

2. The boot0 source seems to indicate via notes that unlabelled UFS partitions aren't supported, yet that's precisely what the automatic creation process made (e.g. neither of the partitions had labels). Is that a problem?

Also, one quick question: Is there any other part of the early boot process which could give a "Load Error" message before any other text is printed? I see the part of boot0 which prints the message, but would prefer not to have to dig through boot1, etc. if that's the only place that error is used.

JFWiederhirn



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